The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,393 pages of information about The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 2,393 pages of information about The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2.

“Sanjaya said, ’All this, O king, has been brought about by thy evil counsels and the acts of Duryodhana.  Listen attentively to what, O Bharata, I say unto thee.  At the command of thy son, the Samsaptakas, rallying, all resolved upon fighting fiercely.  Three thousand bowmen headed by Duryodhana, with a number of Sakas and Kamvojas and Valhikas and Yavanas and Paradas, and Kalingas and Tanganas and Amvashtas and Pisachas and Barbaras and mountaineers, O monarch, inflamed with rage and armed with stone, all rushed against the grandson of Sini like insects against a blazing fire.  Five hundred other warriors, O king, similarly rushed against Satyaki.  And another mighty body consisting of a thousand cars, a hundred great car-warriors, a thousand elephants, two thousand heroes, and countless foot-soldiers, also rushed against the grandson of Sini.  Duhsasana, O Bharata, urging all those warriors, saying, ’Slay him, surrounded Satyaki therewith.  Grand and wonderful was the conduct that we then beheld of Sini’s grandson, inasmuch as alone he fought fearlessly with those innumerable foes.  And he slew that entire body of car-warriors and that elephant force, and all those horsemen and that entire body of robbers.  Like the autumnal firmament bespangled with stars, the field of battle there became strewn with car-wheels broken and crushed by means of his mighty weapons with innumerable Akshas and beautiful cart-shafts reduced to fragments, with crushed elephants and fallen standards, with coats of mail and shields scattered all about, with garlands and ornaments and robes and Anuskarshas, O sire!  Many foremost of elephants, huge as hills, and born of the race of Anjana or Vamana, O Bharata, or of other races, many foremost of tuskers, O king, lay there on the ground, deprived of life.  And Satyaki slew, O monarch, many foremost of steeds of the Vanayu, the mountain, the Kamvoja and the Valhika breeds.  And the grandson of Sini also slew foot-soldiers there, in hundreds and thousands, born in various realms and belonging to various nations.  Whilst those soldiers were being thus slaughtered, Duhsasana, addressing the robbers said, ’Ye warriors unacquainted with morality, fight!  Why do you retreat?’ Beholding them run away without paying any heed to his words, thy soil Duhsasana urged on the brave mountaineers, skilled in fighting with stones, saying, ’Ye are accomplished in battling with stones.  Satyaki is ignorant of this mode of warfare.  Stay ye, therefore, that warrior who, though desirous of battle, is ignorant of your mode of fight.  The Kauravas also are all unacquainted with this mode of battle.  Rush ye at Satyaki.  Do not fear.  Satyaki will not be able to approach you.’  Thus urged, those Kshatriyas dwelling on the mountains, all acquainted with the method of fighting with stones, rushed towards the grandson of Sini like ministers towards a king.  Those denizens of the mountain then, with stones huge as elephants’ heads uplifted in their hands, stood before Yuyudhana in that battle. 

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